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Office Etiquette You Should Know on Casual FridaySo-called “Casual Friday” can be more stressful than the days when the rules are hard and fast. Are all jeans verboten, or just...June 16, 2017- 3 Performance Review Examples You Need to SeeFew tasks among a manager’s responsibilities stir up as many mixed feelings as writing performance reviews. We’ve scoured expert...June 6, 2017
How to Address Your Business Email or Letter to a WomanLet’s face it, formal letter-writing has gone the way of the pager. Once a necessary communication tool, it’s now a relic of an...May 27, 2017- Please Advise: When to Use “Please Advise”That email is sitting in your inbox. You know the answer to the question it’s asking, but those two words are still haunting you:...May 13, 2017
How to Ask for Days Off (And Actually Get Them)There’s a good possibility that you need a day (or two, or more) off work. NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the...May 1, 2017
How to Write a Good PitchSo you have an idea for a story that’s burning a hole in your brain, and you need to find it a home—ideally somewhere that will...April 4, 2017
Avoid the 7 Blogging Mistakes That Reduce Your TrafficWhen you start blogging, you can almost smell success in terms of your marketing strategies. Blogging can be a powerful way to...January 24, 2017
You Need a Break: How to Ease Into a Productive 2018A caricature exists in the minds of many writers of what the daily slog is supposed to look like: a single-minded wraith chained...January 7, 2017- How to Use “Touch Base” in a SentenceTo touch base means to get in contact. Base is not plural in this expression. What does it mean to touch base? This phrase...December 21, 2016
Writers on the State of Professional Writing“We live in a content-saturated world,” your editor shrugs. Your coffee has suddenly gone cold, and so has the conversation. What...December 6, 2016